Animal-catching device



(No Model) C. P. MORLEY.

. ANIMAL OATGHING DEVICE. No. 338,606. Patented Mar. 23,1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES FORD MORLEY, OF TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN.

ANIMAL-CATCHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,606, dated March 23, 1886.

Application filed May 13, 1885. Serial No. 165,306. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES FORD MOR- LEY, of Tecumseh, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Animal-Catching Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of devices for catching and holding animals.

The hog-raiser, who is generally also a farmer, finds it necessary to ring the noses of the hogs to prevent their doing injury, and this has usually been attended with diiiiculty; hence the special object of this invention is to provide means by which the hog to be ringed can be readily caught.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the parts and their combination, as more fully hereinafter described.

The drawing shows a perspective view of my improved device in use.

In the drawing, which forms a part of this specification, A represents the hook, and B the latch or look. The first of these two named parts consists of a bar, a, terminating in a hook, I), the point of which is well turned back upon the bar, as shown, so that when the latter lies flat the point of the hook will be upon a plane level, or nearly so, with the upper surface of the bar, the latter of which has a torsional twist, which brings these parts into this relation. The opposite end of the bar has a hole, 0, formed in it, and beyond the hole the bar terminates in a tang, (1, adapted to be driven into the end of a pole or handle, D. Near the center and from the upper side of this bar there projects a pivotpin, 6. The latch B is provided with a hole to engage with the pin 6 of the part A. The point h of this latch drops downward, so that in swinging upon its pivot-pin this point will pass under the point of the hook of the other part. This passing under the point of the hook forms a lock, for when the animal first feels the implement around its leg its first impulse is to jerk its leg out. Now, if the point of the latch should pass above the point of the hook, this attempt at escape would bring all the force to bear upon the pivotpin and cause the same to bend or break. Therefore it will readily be seen that the latch being pivoted on top of the hook-lever, and when closed passing under the point thereof. avoids this difficulty. In the opposite end of this latch is a hole, '1'. A rope or cord. 0, is secured in the hole 1', and thence is led through the hole 0 in the part A, and along the handle D.

In practice the rope is slackened and the latch is drawn backward, as shown in dotted lines, fully disclosing the hook, and this hook, being attached to the end of the handle, enables the operator to get sufficiently near the animal to catch its leg in the hook, when an immediate pull on the pulling-cord will throw the end of the latch under and along the under side of the hook until the animal is secured. Ot'course the motions have to be made promptly and quickly,and will be soon learned by any one who attempts to use the device.

The parts A and B are made of malleable iron, cast in the usual way. The pivot-pin is cast integral with the part A, and is sufficiently long so that when the part B is sleeved upon the pin the head of such pin is riveted down, thereby holding the parts together.

I am aware of the Patents Nos. 85,413 and- 158,142, and make no claim to the constructions shown therein as forming part of my invention.

The gist of my invention lies in the peculiarity of construction, hereinafter specified in the claim, whereby in looking the point It will pass under the hook I) and engage therewith on the side opposite to that on which the hook B is pivoted to the part A.

WVhat I claim as my invention is In a device for the purposes described, the hook A, having hook b, and handle D, combined with the latch B, pivoted to the hook A, and provided with a point, h, said hook and latch being so constructed in relation to each other that the point h of the latch B will bear on the hook b on the side opposite to the bearing ofthe latch B on the hook A, whereby the pivot of said parts A B is relieved of strain, as set forth.

CHARLES FORD MORLEY.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHARLES J. HUNT. 

